WORLD (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

6:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"A Palouse Paradise"
It is easy to fall in love with the Palouse. Undulating hillsides, randomly arranged and brilliant in their diversity of colors, create a photographer's dreamscape. The special soil virtually guarantees abundant wheat and lentil yields. But there are hidden surprises awaiting those who venture off the beaten path.G

6:30 pm

Dialogue"Jac Venza"
Host Marcia Franklin talks with the founder of several long-running PBS arts series - including GREAT PERFORMANCES and LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER. He and Franklin talk about his long career in public broadcasting, the potential effects of cuts in national grants programs, and the trends he is following in the arts.G

Nightly Business Report
JP Morgan may have lost $5B in a bad bet. NBR Correspondent Erika Miller looks at how the entire banking industry may change because of it. NBR Anchor Tom Hudson talks to Tennessee Senator Bob Corker about Jamie Dimon's upcoming trip to testify on the Hill. D

Story of India"The Power of Ideas"
The second episode covers the last centuries BC -- the age of the Buddha, the coming of the Greeks with the invasion by Alexander the Great and the rule of the emperor Ashoka, one of the greatest figures in world history. The episode's theme is the power of ideas in Indian history, and among the people Wood meets is the Dalai Lama, who explains why Buddhism is relevant today. The journey continues by railway to the famous sites of the Ganges plain, Benares, Sarnath and Bodhgaya; by helicopter and army convoy through northern Iraq to the site of the greatest battle in the ancient world; by truck up the Khyber Pass; then by river to the first great Indian capital, Patna. D

11:00 pm

India with Sanjeev Bhaskar"The Longest Road"
The Longest Road - On a moving and deeply personal quest to find his ancestral home, Sanjeev Bhaskar follows India?s Grand Trunk Road high into the mountains and beyond, into Pakistan. It is Sanjeev?s first journey across the border and it makes for a colourful, and often surreal, road trip. Along the way, he traces the journey made by his family in 1947, when they, and millions of others, were displaced from their homes following the Partition of India. D